LocationSpain

Cuando la roca quiso tocar a Dios

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  • Country: Spain
  • Category: Painting
  • Technique: Pastel
  • Medium: Paper
  • Theme: Landscaping
  • Measurements: 12.99 x 19.69 in
  • At Artelista since:
  • Tags: paisaje, pastel, de, dios, dedo, agaete

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Artwork description

La imagen muestra el famoso Dedo de Dios, un monumento natural situado en la costa de Agaete, al noroeste de Gran Canaria.

Se trataba de un esbelto monolito rocoso de unos 30 metros de altura que emergía del mar, coronando un acantilado. Su forma alargada y vertical, que recordaba a un dedo apuntando hacia el cielo, inspiró su nombre poético y cargado de simbolismo.

El Dedo de Dios fue durante siglos un icono natural y cultural para la isla, inmortalizado en pinturas, fotografías, poemas y canciones. Lamentablemente, en 2005 el huracán Delta provocó su derrumbe parcial, aunque la base del roque sigue en pie y continúa siendo un lugar emblemático dentro del paisaje de Agaete.

Artist information

Born in 1955 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Self-taught, his foray into the painting appears in 1999, primarily as a hobby and that while she always liked to paint, never arose to devote part of their free time in this immersive and relaxing world of painting. He began this journey with the cake, which embodied mainly marine beach of Las Canteras, where he lived most of his childhood. Later made a slight foray into watercolor and oil subsequently became, technique to which he devotes about...

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